CVE-2026-74624
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock TCP and SCTP conntrack paths can emit invalid-packet logs while ct->lock is still held.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock TCP and SCTP conntrack paths can emit invalid-packet logs while ct->lock is still held. When invalid logging is routed to nfnetlink_log and conntrack export is enabled, the log path can re-enter conntrack netlink glue and dump the same conntrack again. Protocol attribute dumping may take ct->lock, so logging while holding that lock can deadlock. Defer the TCP invalid logs by storing only the minimal log context while ct->lock is held and emitting the log after unlocking. Also make the TCP timeout-lowering invalid path return whether a log is needed, then emit that log after unlocking. Do the same for the SCTP invalid state-transition log that can be reached while ct->lock is held. Add a lockdep assertion to nf_ct_l4proto_log_invalid() so future callers that log invalid conntracks while holding ct->lock are caught outside TCP and SCTP as well.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0424186d570aa4d1ad17f516afb86bd9eaa4f42e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d19b95c9723001f214f7a47d67b09f46238f200
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63853eb20bba4e00b7cd0b8cfc19337bbaaf5037
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9480fcf70a5aa9d320088a01c95df0e5e6391f4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0224327b7cbed9d3198e8dbec847281053dcd06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca97360eba4b3dc67f1804625542f4ccc774242a
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.